L’emergere dell’economia del settore nonprofit è certamente una delle realtà più interessanti nel recente panorama economico e sociale. Non solo il nonprofit sta raggiungendo anche in Italia dimensioni economiche (in termini di occupazione e produzione) rilevanti, ma esso sempre più si...

This paper investigates the effects of motivations on the perceived kindness of an action within the context of strong social indirect reci- procity. We test experimentally the hypothesis that, for a given dis- tributional outcome, an action is perceived by a third party to be less kind if it...

This paper discusses the role of relational goods and television viewing for individual happiness. Using individual data from the World Values Survey, we find evidence of a positive effect of rela- tionality on life satisfaction, and a negative effect of television viewing on relational...

Il lavoro è uno studio del rapporto tra economia e felicità in una prospettiva storico-metodologica, con uno sguardo al dibattito attuale. In particolare l’autore si prefigge quattro obiettivi: (a) ripercorrere le vicissitudini dell’idea di felicità in economia (uno studio che, a mia...

One of the key issues for understanding reciprocity is how people evaluate the kindness of an action. In this paper we argue that the motivation driving an action plays an important role for the reciprocating response to that action. We test experimentally the hypothesis that reciprocal behavior...

This paper argues that television viewing produces higher material aspirations, by enhancing both adaptation and positional effects, thus lowering the effect of income on life satisfaction. Using individual data from the World Values Survey we present evidence indicating that the effect of...